UNITED STATES v. ROSARIO-MERCED

No. 22-1642.

109 F.4th 77 (2024)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. John Derick ROSARIO-MERCED, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 25, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José B. Vélez Goveo, with whom Vélez & Vélez Law Office was on brief, for appellant.

Jeniffer Vélez Pérez, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney and Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Hamilton, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


Defendant-Appellant John Derick Rosario-Merced ("Rosario") was convicted of possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). The Sentencing Guidelines recommended...

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